"We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority. If this be so, it is not by reason of anything found in
the act, but solely because the colored race chooses to put that construction upon it..."
--Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
Because of this Supreme Court decision,
A African-Americans were guaranteed full equality and voting rights in southern states.
B states were prohibited from implementing racially segregated institutions and public facilities.
states were guaranteed the right to implement racially segregate institutions and public facilities.
D President Grover Cleveland lost the support of southern Democrats, which led to his defeat in the election of 1900.